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Any suggestions with incontinence 5 days post catheter?
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@surftohealth88
Great idea to measure the amount. Inhave seen progress with urination in the last week. Like you husband probably do more KEGEL than many. I can notice small improvement with less leakage when needed to go to the bathroom. I do change pads when they are damp or have a shooter .. like to change before bed nightly for comfort..its been 11 days since the catheter. Being told its a long game getting back to normalcy
PT is on the list once the green light from surgion. I want to start but had to be patient. I walked prior to surgery 8-10 miles daily plus some other activities so inget a little stir crazy. My spouse keeps reminding me to take it easy and follow the Dr plan . Thank you for replying and suggestions
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@ranger1980
Yes measuring lets you see the progress. Keep the excising and doing kegels. I found after starting PT that there are many different positions to do kegels in and some are much more beneficial and what is most important is breathing. And if you can inhale abdominal, start slow exhale, then start a kegel contraction while doing a complete exhale on all air in abdominal. If can't do that just breath normal, most important don't hold breath. One good position is to sit in chair and squeeze a volleyball or bigger pillow together with knees while doing an exhaling kegel. Also, use an elastic band and tie knees together and pull knees apart while doing an exhaling kegel.